Based on this theme, we invite submissions however broadly, in the following tracks:
We are delighted to welcome the following keynote speakers to the conference:
Professor Carol T. Kulik is a Research Professor of Human Resource Management at the University of South Australia Business School, and a senior researcher within the Centre for Workplace Excellence (CWeX). Her research focuses on the effective management of workforce diversity and organisational fairness. Current projects are investigating strategies for closing the gender gap in salary negotiations, reducing stereotype threat among mature-age workers, and motivating organisations to invest in diversity management practice. Professor Kulik has been an Associate Editor at the Academy of Management Journal and the Journal of Management. She is in a 5-year leadership track at the Academy of Management (AOM); the track includes serving as AOM President in 2019.
Vice Admiral Mark Mellett (DSM) is Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces. His first Command was the LÉ ORLA in 1992 and he subsequently commanded the LÉ CIARA in 1997 and the Irish Naval Flagship LÉ EITHNE in 2005.
Vice Admiral (VADM) Mellett has held a broad range of appointments in Naval Headquarters and more recently prior to his appointment as Flag Officer in 2010 he was Officer Commanding Naval Operations Command. VADM Mellett was also Commandant of the Naval College and Associate Head of the National Maritime College of Ireland. Prior to his current position, VADM Mellett was the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces where he had responsibility for material and support functions, including personnel, finance and logistics in the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service. He has thirty-eight years' service, much of it seagoing, including three naval commands. He is the first naval officer in the history of the Irish State to serve as Chief of Defence, having previously served as Deputy Chief of Defence and Chief of Navy. He commenced his military career as an army reservist, before being selected for a naval cadetship in the Permanent Defence Forces. For over two decades he has been a change leader, contributing to ongoing transformation and positioning the Irish forces in a post-modern setting. As Deputy Chief of Defence he led the Military input to the 2015 White Paper for Defence and on appointment as Chief of Defence, in partnership with Government, he quickly stood up implementation of over 80 major projects driving transformation. During the same period, Admiral Mellett led the Irish Defence Forces' adoption of NATO's OCC E&F and Standardisation frameworks.